English noun: access time | |||
1. | access time (time) (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive | ||
Samples | Access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | interval, time interval | ||
Part holonym | command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, latency, overhead, rotational latency, seek time | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||